τροφεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

τρέφω (tréphō, “foster”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, suffix for masculine person concerned)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tro.pʰěu̯s/ → /troˈɸeɸs/ → /troˈfefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tro.pʰěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /troˈpʰews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /troˈɸeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /troˈfefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /troˈfefs/

Noun

τροφεύς • (tropheús) m (genitive τροφέως); third declension

1. foster-father, guardian
   • Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.5.1:

     Παρὰ τοῦ τροφέως τὸ μήτε Πρασιανὸς μήτε Βενετιανὸς μήτε Παλμουλάριος ἢ Σκουτάριος γενέσθαι: καὶ τὸ φερέπονον καὶ ὀλιγοδεές: καὶ τὸ αὐτουργικὸν καὶ ἀπολύπραγμον: καὶ τὸ δυσπρόσδεκτον διαβολῆς.

     Parà toû trophéōs tò mḗte Prasianòs mḗte Benetianòs mḗte Palmoulários ḕ Skoutários genésthai: kaì tò pheréponon kaì oligodeés: kaì tò autourgikòn kaì apolúpragmon: kaì tò dusprósdekton diabolês.

     • Translation by George Long

       From my governor, to be neither of the green nor of the blue party at the games in the Circus, nor a partizan either of the Parmularius or the Scutarius at the gladiators' fights; from him too I learned endurance of labour, and to want little, and to work with my own hands, and not to meddle with other people's affairs, and not to be ready to listen to slander.

2. breeder of animals
3. one who feeds or rears, that which feeds or rears

Declension

Third declension of ὁ τροφεύς; τοῦ τροφέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τροφεύς ho tropheús	τὼ τροφῆ tṑ trophê	οἱ τροφῆς / τροφεῖς hoi trophês / tropheîs
Genitive	τοῦ τροφέως toû trophéōs	τοῖν τροφέοιν toîn trophéoin	τῶν τροφέων tôn trophéōn
Dative	τῷ τροφεῖ tôi tropheî	τοῖν τροφέοιν toîn trophéoin	τοῖς τροφεῦσῐ / τροφεῦσῐν toîs tropheûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν τροφέᾱ tòn trophéā	τὼ τροφῆ tṑ trophê	τοὺς τροφέᾱς toùs trophéās
Vocative	τροφεῦ tropheû	τροφῆ trophê	τροφῆς / τροφεῖς trophês / tropheîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: τροφέας (troféas)